Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowls: Pancakes and Sausage Links

August 6, 2007 | Reviewer: Abi

Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowls: Pancakes and Sausage Links Price: $2.50
Serving: 1 bowl, 8.55oz.
Calories: 740
Fat: 54%, 35g
Cholesterol: 20%, 60mg
Sodium: 42%, 1000mg
Protein: 14g
Carbs: 32%, 96g
Fiber: 0%, 0g

Jimmy Dean says: No description on box. I should have taken this as a sign.

Abi says: I have an admission to make. I like Brown ‘N’ Serve Sausage. Yeah, the pre-cooked breakfast sausage that has ingredients that are likely scary but I wouldn’t know because I stay far, far away from the metadata for products like these. It turns out that ConAgra is also a bit reluctant to clue you in on the nutrition information for these guys:

Banquet Brown and Serve Sausage Nutritional Information Error

But you don’t want to know about my illicit love of pre-cooked sausage links (#1 point of awesomeness: no casings). No, you want to know about this bowl of pancakes, sausage, and syrup.

First, unless you’re being threatened by rapidly dropping blood sugar, you won’t need more than half the packet of syrup. And for the foodies out there, this isn’t Vermont maple syrup. No, this is corn syrup with caramel color added. What did you expect? Accompanying the packet of syrup are three extraordinarily mushy pancakes and three sausages. Some covert chef imbued these pancakes with the ability to trap all available steam in the vector of their doughy rounds. No, I don’t know what that sentence means either. I guess I’ve been reading too many spy novels lately.

I was expecting only two sausages in this meal, so the third was a slight surprise. Though, I shouldn’t have been surprised because the picture on the box shows three sausages. Then again, I have been mislead by pictures on frozen food boxes too many times to count. Unfortunately for my stomach, microwaving sausage is a recipe for rubberiness. And while rubber might be an important factor in tires and condoms, it does not make for a pleasant sausage-eating experience.

Yes, I said that. This entire meal is a textural nightmare and even though I know that I’ll probably have to try the other ones just to finish off this category.

[Thanks to Nicole for giving me this meal when I was hungry for some breakfast and had no cash.]

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8 Responses to “Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowls: Pancakes and Sausage Links”

MaryAnne on August 6th, 2007

“And while rubber might be an important factor in tires and condoms, it does not make for a pleasant sausage-eating experience.”

That is perhaps my favorite sentence written in an HER review.
Abi Jones on August 6th, 2007

I’m not sure what possessed me to hit publish on that one. It gets worse when I reread it.
Lauren on August 7th, 2007

I just saw on America’s Test kitchens that their tasting panel preferred pre-cooked links in regard to breakfast sausage. Definitely surprising, but apparently the fat in fresh sausage oxidizes and starts affecting the flavor. Who knew?

Just thought I’d share.

I put the link up there is anyone wants to check it out. Free registration tho.
Julie on August 7th, 2007

I just completely gave up on breakfast sausage years ago. If I order any type of meat with breakfast it’s a slice of ham and it better well be a dang lean piece of ham. And about the only time I even eat a typical breakfast is about 2 X a year at most.

The last kind I used to buy was the lean version of Brown & Serve. So I relate with Abi on that issue. I’ll just remain mute on the other analogies…
Marvo on August 7th, 2007

I’ve been eating the vegetarian versions of breakfast links and sausage patties to make up for all the crap I eat.

It’s not bad. They’re probably better than these.
Abi Jones on August 7th, 2007

I have to agree with Marvo on the veggie breakfast sausage. It has enough spices and the right texture to sub in for reg. breakfast sausage. Personally, I’m a fan of Morningstar’s version. Are there other good ones out there?
Cindy on January 1st, 2008

My kids love these breakfast bowls…and I will continue to buy them.
Honest Abe on February 10th, 2008

Cindy,

Keep feeding your children this garbage and they will be 300 lbs by high school. I personally see this as a form of child abuse.